The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, July 17, 1901, Image 1

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lo-.I1 XV.I MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1~10 O1 0H10 CONVENTION. Democrats Mget and Name Jam ,s K lboure for Governor. BRYANISM IGNORED. The Names cf J hn R. McLen and Tom O. Jhnson Bp'K en of as Candidates to Fuc ceed Senator Forskr. The Dzmocratic State co-:vention at Columbus Wednesday had more promisent men as delegates than any conse::uon o: Dnocrats of Ohio in many years. Followi:g it the Demacr-'e ticket. Governor-James Kubcurce. LieutenantGovernor -Anthony How ell. Judge of Supreme Court-Joseph Hidy. Clerk of Supreme Court-Harry B Young. Attorney General-M. B McCarthy. Treasurer of S:ate-R P. Alshire. Member of Board of Publia Works James B. Holman. The nomination of Col. Kilbourne was appropriatly ei]Aed one of "spon taneous combustion." H wells, Hidy, Alsh;re and Holman were favorite= from the start. Young was ep:ung ss a surprise and nominated ever Smoots, who had been such a favorite that others would not previouly enter the race for clerk of the supreme court. None of the delegates, outside of Cleveland, knew Young and he was named because Cuyahoga wanted him. Cuyahoga could get anything it want ed, except the head of the State ticket, after the Johnson amerdments were engrafted into the McLean platform and that document as amended was adopted with such unanimity. It was currently reported that John son desired the nomination of Monett as attorney general and that the M Lean men wanted Monett defeated. The defeat of Monett was so decisive as to be a feature of the convention. Monett as attorney general had brought suits against the Standard Oil company and other odrporations to cancel their charters under the anti trust -laws. He had sought a third term nomination from the Republi can's on the issue that he should be retained in that dfica to cntinue these prosecutions. After his defeat for the third nomination in 1899 he supported Bryan in 1900 on the anti t-ust issue and canvassed Ohio and other States with Bryan. The most striking turn of the con vention was on Br5 an. The most bit ter things were said of his leadership in the committee on resolutions where it was insisted his name should not be mentioned and that there should be no reference to either of the national platforms on which he made his cam paigns. After this plan had been agreed upon, one of the 21 members of that committee offered a minor ity report, reaffirming the Kansas City platform and expressing confidence in Bryan. He received only six votes from the 950 delegates on his substi tute Lor the preamble. A few min utes after the platform was adopted, one of these six - delegates called at tention to the fact that pictures of >ther Democrats were displayed in the sall and none of Bryan as heretofore. 3e started to carry a small bonner rith Bryan's picture on it to the plat form. The aisles were ordered cleared but the picture did not reach its des tination. It was trampled uecder foot and spoiled during the wild demon btrations when Kilbourne was escorted into the hall. it is generally believed, however, that the marching clubs did not know they were walking over Bry an's picture. The members of the committee on resolutions said over one hcur was spent after last midnight in efiorts to strike the word "salable" out of the plank on railway taxation, and several hours in denouncing the Chicago and Kansas City platforms a'd the :e~der who stood on tnem. Tae platiorm caused much comment tonight ever what it does not say as well as cver what it does say. isbngtkni Unsual interestisbngtknn the selection of members of the State executive committee by the State cen tral commmtee since d.e convenoln concluded its work. The S.are cet trai commttee today sjo.uned urail July 20, wit.cut sekca~ng us chairmxaa or secretary. It is said none of the candi dates for either of these places can secure a majo.ity of the 21 votes, and that Col. Ku~bource wili be compelled to cooperate wie either the McLean men or the Johnson men, who are not talking freiediy to eaca other, to con trol the S:ate execntuve committee. In this connection there are all sorts of rumors about the senatorship, for which the convention endorses no one as the Democratic candidate to succeei Senator Foraker. The names of John Ri. McLean and of Tom L. Johnson arc most prominently mentioned in this connection. The convention was calle d to order about 11 o'clcck by Chairman Bracker, and after prayer Hon. Charles P. Salen, a member cf Iom Johnson's cabinet at Cleveland, was introduced as temporary chairman, which was later made permanent. His closing deferences to railway tax ation were loudly applauded. A lively 5ght came when the cre dentials committee reported in favor of seating the Dowling delegates from the Dayton district. TJ.he lie was paaded, Sand after a warm debate, in which Dowling and anti- Dowling delegates charged one another with defeat-ng Democratic nominees, the anti-DIahlns; delegates were seated, the Johnson ele ment and later McLean's Cincinnati forces throwing their support in favor of a minority report. The issue really was on local control in Montgomery1 county, where Dowling has been a leader for twenty years. The platform was then adopted. The report submitted by the commit tee on resolutions contained nearly 2,000 words. It consists of a preambls and sixteen articles, under the follow ing heads: Municipal governments, Staxation, conduct of State affairs, etc , peoples' rights, tariff reform, monopo lies, mercnant marine, imperialism and expansion, the Beers, Monroe doctrine, the navy, civil service, election of sen ato-r, agridulture and labor, Republi. can re-p)nsibiiity and boss rule and po'itical corruption. It is declared that the municipalities of the State should be radically re formed. a d that no franchise, exten sion or renewal thereof shall hereafter be granted except urpon vote of the pc.pie. O.i the subjest of taxatioi, the plat f,)rzn isys: lha acceptance of f:ee passes or other favors from ra'lroads oy TubliC , fi ers or emplayes shalt be made ade quite grouts for vaza:irg the offices held by them. All pun :c service cocr pre:ions t-atl be rga.red by law to mae sworn public !epora, and the power au;d duty of visitation and pub lic report shall be cooderd upon the proper Siste and loca au'iu ; officers, to the cd that tie true v ia o the privilegt held by t..ese corporations shsl b, male pis.n to thle reph. "Steamu and cirotric ra i.,ads, ad -her ,0orporatlis po~s "s-asa public franchises, snail be a e:nd in the sam p:o;orioa to thair talb:o vaue as are farms and cuiy real eatate.' i'he Repubacan a mi.tra:ion and the Republican maj;rity of the genera aseembiy are denounced. Terdif refo-m is demanded on the ground that production of the coun ry far excecds its power of conuumption. fce enact:ent add rig >rous enforce ment of measures to jrevent monopo iics and c,mainat ons ia restraint of trade anf commerco is demanded, as is also the suppression of all trusts and a reurn to 'Industrial freedom." As a means to that end the platform declares that all trust produc.s should be placed on the free list and the government should exercise a more rigid super vision of transportation. Rstoration of the merchant marines is favored wi.hout subsides, hewever. On the subject of "Imperialism ard Expansion" the platform says: 'Pow ers granted the Federal government were not meant to be used to conquer )r hold in subjection the people of other countries. The Democcatio party opposes any extension of the national boundaries not meant to carry speedily to all inhabitants full, equal rights with ourselves. If these are un fcted by location, race or character to be formed into self governing territo ries, and then incorporated into the Union of States, they should be per mitted to work out their own destiny." Maintainence of the Monroe Doctrine is demanded; a navy adequate to the protection of American citizens and property the world over; election of senators by direct vote; and the right of labor to combine for the assertion of its rights and the protection of its interests, It is declared that the bur dens of the "Unjustand discriminating laws for which te Republican party is responsib:e, fall chiefly on those why till the soil or labor at other forms of production. The Democratic party pledgee its effort to relieve the burdens which class legislation has laid upon them." On the subject of "Republican re sponsibility" it is declared the "Repub lican party always has upheld class in terests, and cannot be trusted to deal with the evils of its own creation." On "Boss rule, etc," the party pledges itself to "R:scue on r govern ment from the grasp of seflishness arnd corruption, and restore it to its former fairness, purity and simplicity." "Widespread corruption," the articles declares "Now threatens our freeinstitu tions and menace the destruction of public virtues." The Republican national atdministra tion is denounced for "Oovious sympa thy" with and aid to the British gov ernment in its efforts to dlestroy the South African republics. W. L Finley mead- an unsuccessful cifarts to have the Kaasas LGity plat form reaffi rned and continued confi dence in W. J. Bryan expressed. He said he wanted to ascertain whether this was a D~rmoratic convention and whether the Oaio D-mocrats were look ing backward. Finley's motion was overwaelmingly deftated. When the platform wais adopted there were again three cheers for Tom Johnson. Nominations were then made and the tickets ehoren, the csie fight being over the attorney generalship ror which Moett was a canauiaate. The eandidate for governor was bern in Columbus in 1341, is a iawy er ana interested in a numocr of banks, rail ways and other tnterprises. He rose frm private to colonel in the civil war and is vice president of the Army of TeaLsse. He was a close friend Of eate S&rator Alen G. Thurmau. Peabody Scolarships. An exanation for the scoloarships in the Peabody Normal college, an nouced som~e time ai;o, wil be held at the followirg places: Columbia, Sparanburg, Greenville and Chat leston. The guestions will be furnzished by the Peabody Normal college conmmittee at Nahvile. They will be sent to the State superintendent of education, who wi send them to the various commit tees. The questions will be answered by the applicants, in the presernce of the committees, and the papers all forward ed to the central committee in Columbia who will determine the s'ooessful ap plicants. Thcre are four appointmente to be made, Tne scholarahips are good for two years, and are worth $100 per year and the student's railroad fare to Nashville and return. After the first year the amount may be reduced from $100 to $50. The examinations will ogin at 9 o'clock, Tuesday. July 23rd. The following committecs will have charge of the examinations at the vari ous points: Columbia, Professors A. G. Rembert and C. W. Bain; Green ville, Mr. 0. B. Martin and t'rof. B. E. Greer; Spartanburg, Mr. E. (I. E! more and Mr. Geo. S. Briggs; Charles tn, Messrs. W. K Tate a:.d Claude L. Legge. Instructions have been received from Mr. John Mr. Bass, secretary of the co lege, that the appointee shall be required to make an average per cent. not lower than 65. Bags of Gold Missing. A few months after Neely took charge of the post office at Havana he sent tc New Y rk a large quanity of gold coir in mail pourches to the Seventh Na tinal Lank. The sum amounted tc $961.000 So far the investigation inte the affairs of the Seventh National shows that the sum mysteriously disap peared and no record of it has beer ond. ASSAULT AND MURDER Upon a Young Girl and an Old Woman Jessie Kinport, the 14-year o'd daughter of Mrs. Carrie Kinport, who resides at 119 West Ninth avenue, Denver, Colorado, was assaulted and horribly mutilated in her room, daring the absence of her mother Tuesday night. Mrs. Kinport upon returning home found the doors open and in her daughter's roon the bed c'othes w.re strewn about and blood spattere over the roem She aroused th> neigh:bors, who about midnight found the gri in a vacant lot nearby, unconscious and with numerous outs on her b;:dy. The r authorities wire notified but not before f Chris Jensen had been br:uht to the t s:ation by Policemaa L mberr. who had n:restei him on the outskirts of Denve r. A<L:mbert approsehed J.nsen h i ped out a k.ife and sueuted to the Cii c c-er that he would not be taken to jd s Lamrbert disarmed the man and brought v h:m to the station. On the way he re- b pestediy sp ae of having been com 1 pelled to defend himseif from a woman, e saying that he had cat her up prety r bad:y. His knife was covered with o blood. He is believed to be demented n and to be the man who lately commit- a ted numerous assealts on women. C Jensen confesed to the police that t he assaulted Jessie Kinport and also t said te stabbed another woman during f the night near the end of the University u Park oar line. Search was at once begun and the i dead body of Mrs. Armenia A. Bullis, about 60 years old, who conducted a dairy, was found Wednesday morning n a- the place described by Jensen. She t had been stabbed in the breast and the o blade of the knife had penetrated the r heart, causing instant death. The body v lay in the roadway and there was no evidence of a struggle. Jensen said the n woman was "after him" and for that t reason he killed her. She lived on a f ranch nearby. s Later reports from Colorado says. It a has developed that a young man was at 1I the Kinport home calling on the girl t' and remained until after 10 o'clcck. b Jensen was arrested about 9:45 o'clock t: in the evening making it impossible for ti him to have committed the assault. I A crowd of several hundred gathered 0 outside of the city j ;il Wednesday 0 nigt t and made threats of lynching E Jensen. Tonight he was taken to P Colorado Springs. c Some Census Figures. b The census offi 3e issued a bullk tin c Thursday concerning the urban popula- p tion of the country. It shows that 28,- 0 411,698 people in the United States live in cities and towns of over 4,000 popu- n lation. This is 37 3 per cent of the t1 entire population, a gain of almost 5 e per cent. since the census of 1890, when o the percentage was 32.9 Compared with e the returns of 1880 the report shows a u gain in the urban population of more than a third in percentage and of can- i1 siderably more than double in actual n numbers. There were in 1880, 580 a places of more than- 4,030 persons eann, t with an aggregated populanoun of 12, a 936,110 or 251 per cent. of the then c population. About one-half of the urban population of 1900 was contained f in cities of over 100,000 people. T.Lhere b were 38.cities with combined popula- e tion of 14,208,347. There are now 1,- 1 158 places of over 4,000 people in the b country as agasinst 899 in 1890. The z population of the District of Columbia il is regarded as urban. In the 8:ates and territies the per centage of people liv ing in cities and towas as compare with the population. of the places ranges from 1 91.6 in Rhode Ibland to 2.5 in Indian C Territory, the entire list being as fol S lows: Reode Island 91 6; Massachu a stts 86.9; Niw York 71 2; New Jerseyc t 75; Connecticut 65.5; k'nnsyivania 51.1; Iliic's 51.0; Cauifornia 4S 9; Maryland 48 2; New Hamphtire 46.7; Onio 41.8; Lielaware 41.4; Colo ado 4t 2; Michigan 37 2; Washington 36.4 Mame~ 36 2; Missouri 34 9; Wisc.mti8 34 5 Msenesota 31.0; 1 dia a 30J G; 1 Utah 29.4; Montana 288; tom.4 a:a 25 1; VKrienr '1.0; ora ~a 2.S; Iowa20. 5; K.;tuo19 7;Kasas 19.2; Fiorida 16.5; Vs ge~a 1 lb x, i 14.9; Ternnessee 14 1; Ge.-r6 a 13 9; Soua Uarolina 11.7; Wes: V'~u ~ 11 6; Ar.znm:. 10 6; N.vada 10 6; Ae: baera 10.; Nu.rzr? Carouna 8 0; dot D)akosa 8 2; Aramas 6 2; Idano 6 2 New Mex.a 6.1; Norn D.ksa .4; Misissyppi 5 3; Unahoma 5 0; iLda. Territory 2 5. More Gets 19 Years. The court of appeals has confirmed the conviction of robbery in the first degree found against Wtilliam A. E.b Moore, of New York city, and Moore must serve out his senternce of 19 years i at hard labor in Sing Sing prison. Teise is the clor~ing chapter in the Moore Mahon 'badger" case, which createdo much interest two years ago. Martin Maone, a New Yorker, was ceiced,y according to his testimony, by Faynec Moorer, to apartments in a New Yorko city hotcl and was surprised by William A. E Moore, her husoand who, at thei point of a pis rol extorted $170 in money and a promissory note for $5,000 from Mahon. Moore was tried and convict ed of robbery in the first degree in Ue cember, 1898, andsentenced to 19 years in priscn. The court of appea~s has af firmed the conviction and refused his petition for a ne a trial. 1 Hard on White Slaves. Serious charges are brought againstit er:ain labor contractors in securing men to work on the H mquin planta tions in Yucatan Mexico. Recently it is alleged 18 married men with their families and 22 single men were engag ed to go to Yucatan under a promise of receiving $2 per day. They were em barked at Tampico and it is claimed were kept between decks during the voyage, being fed on hard tack and rice. On reaching Yucatan they were taken to the plantation, where they claim that their wages were but 87 ents a day. Several men with their wives and children ran away but were pursued, caught and it is re ported brutally whipped, the men receiving 50 lashes each, the women 25 and the boys six. PYTHIAN SCANDAL. k Dficit of $225,000 That Must Be Made Goed. HNSEY RESIGNS. 1is Prcsecu'ion 'n Civil Court Seems Ci'rtain. H - w the Great Order Will Ri Deficit. John A. H'rey, former president of h^ byard of conr^l of the en'iowment -ark. Kr;.S cf Pythias, appeared be : th 'Fir -me ledge Thursday and d's ,-.a t'n r: port submitted Tu-sday be tru sh-wd::g a deficit.of $225,000 ch r'u; be'c ae ged if h ir.sur .C Fe f' r s f tla order is to eon!ue. ::s repor s~s that the .ffairs of the -d:-'msn r.)k under Hinse;'s ,an gement drifted into practical insal eny. Tae former president of the card of control declared he had done Is best to keep the treasury in a soand onditon but ha, death claims had ouo.fd up, investments had turned ut f !vjres and it had been frequeatly :e5swy tc ov:rd.aw the rank'3 account the bark. The report, which was omrpiied by the tresent board of eon rol. excepting Hinsey, does not charge he letter ard others with misusing the a.ds, but states that they were mis sed. Hinsey occupied the floor dur og the entire forenoon session of the vestigating committee. To reporters Hinsey said: "I am prepared to defend my ad cinistration against any and all cimers. ly conduct of the office was perfectly pen and above bcard The invest ients were good and legitimate ant, all iil turn out all right.' John A. Hinsey was ordered Wed esday night by the supreme lodge of he Knights of Pythias to appear be are that body and show cause why he hciuld not be expelled. This follows s a direct result of the alleged irregu rities which the new management of he endowment rank has fcuad in the ooks under his twelve years' adminis ration as president of the board of con rol. The supreme lodge of the Euights of Pythias adopted by a vote f 130 to 1 the report of the supreme hancelior, with all its criticisms of Mr insac) management. and ordered it ublished as an cfisial record of the ondition of the endowment rank. Though $500,000 assets are in bad ondition, and though almost $500,000 ehind hand in the payment of death laims, the supreme lodge does not pro ose that it shall lose standing because f the troubles that have been disclosed, y a unanimous vote of the lodge an rder has been made that in the future o investments shall be made save by he written order of five out of the even members of the board of control f the rank. This was formally adopt d Thursday and no one man mauage ent will be possible in the future. In addition to this a resolution is be. g considered to raise the rates of pay ients on insurance about 50 per cent., o that more funds will be provided o meet death ocims and enough in ddition to make good the losses and rete a surplus in the future. If this additional burden on bene iaries of insurance policies shall not e enough, the supreme lodge will also onsider a plan to assess all Knights of ~ythias 50 cents or $1 each for the anefit of the rank. The lower assess ent on $500,000 members would bring a $250,000. Turkey Pays Uncle Sami. The State department at Washington as received the amount of the Ameri an indemnity claim against Turkey, 9,000, through the American legation SConstantinople. As is always the see the claims in the aggregate con iderbly exoeed the amount of the in em city actually paid, but our govern ent hasexpressed itself satisfied. with he payment. It assumes full resnon ibiity for the distribution the Turkish overnment leaving it to the state de rment to distribute the money m og the claimants at its discretion daf~er ia wn f ashion. These claims re princiosily brns d apon looses sus aired oy American missorary and ducationsi iostications in Tfurkey. not i:; t:.ose at Huapool an i Mao::h, but hre are a :numox~r of inividual claims, uen 7or inssa e as thot of the family f 'he u-fortuate bicycli s:. L:'cz the imbur' ma rho was killed by? Turk '2 soiners while atzemptiag to go r u d she gL~be on his wheel. Tne a~ depsriws-: officials feel the atcst s .ti faction at the settkment f these c013:is. Secretary Hay had -e told by diplomats skilied in vntn' d.igemacy and in the politi 1 con .itis of southern Europe, that i nev.er would 'ce able to collct them. (ot ody wes there extreme difficulty n bri::gorg any proure to be:ar be ause of the remotenes of Turkey, but re had to co-ctend with the jealousy the great Ecropean powers, most of hem had claims against Turkey astly larger in amount than ours, and hose total was beyond the ability f the Turkish government to meet. or more than a decade these Amer anm claims have been pending. The Sinews of War. A statement prepared at internal re eue bureau shows that the totai re eipts from the war revenue act from lu: 13, 1898, the date the act went nto effect to M1ay 31, 1901, amounted o $310053,363, as follows: Schedule i, documentary stamps, $108,722,674; hedule B3, proprietary stamps, $13, 122,138; beer, $97,717,971; s pecial axes, $14.095,636; tobacco, $47 274, 8O; snuff, $2,697 818; cigars, $9,180, p27; cigacettes, $3.818,991; legacies, 896 4i0; exriae tax, $2,652.982; niedi flour, $21.53t6; additional taxes >n beer anid tobacco, $982,/85. Kills His 'Wife then H'mself. A farmer named McGrath, living 2ear Brockport, N. Y., killed his wife at night and then committted suicide. 'heir bodies were found in a field hurday. The woman bad a ter ible wound over the left eye, which is supposed to have rendered her inconscous. McGrath then probably tabbed her till she was dead and then mt his throat. A common two-bladed jackknife was used. They have five chrn;n all under 16 years of age. WAR STAMP ON BONDS. It Falls Hard on Rural Free Delivery Mail Carriers. A special from Washington Friday says. An indignant and vigorous pro test has been made to the Postmaster General bcoause of the heavy internal revenue tax levied upon every new ap pointee iu the rural free delivery car rier service. It appears that in the establishment of a new route the car rier appointed is required to furnish bond and said bond must be freighted with 50 cents worth of internal revenue stamps. Some of the victims do not hesitate to character.zae the imposition of this heavy and onerous tax as a bunco game on the part of Uncle Sam This heavy aed apparently unjust tax is levied under the terms of the war revenue measure. Although the amount seems small it is utjust to tax a poorly p'id official like a rural delivery carrier fify cents for his rppointment, when ail of the ether salarted officials of the Government, from the President down, are exempt from a revenue tax in con sideration for their commizsions and a place on the Government pay-roll. As the salary of these rural carriers is only $500 per annum the tax is a hardship, but when, as is the case in many instances, the proposed route hangs fire in the department and is in definitely shelved, it is adding insult to injury. The would be carrier has paid out his fifty cents, but he never re ceives one cent of pay. Mr. H. Coeguest Clark, the chief special agent in charge of therural free delivery service, said Friday: "It seems to me a great hardship for these men to be forced to pay this tax. As the routes are almost, if not entirely laid out in the farming districts, men of very limited circumsta tces are usual ly appointed as carriers. To them this half dollar means a great deal. They invariably appeal to the postcfice department for reimbursement when the route to which they have been ap pointed is held up, but we have no power or authority to return the amount expended for this revenue stamp. "In several cases," continued Mr. Clark, "the inspectors and special agents of the rural delivery systems have been led out of the kindness of their hearts to refund out of their own pockets to those men this revenue tax. Special Agent Annin, of the Western divison of iural free delivery, is one of this kind-hearted class. He reported to me the other day that it was the rule rather than exception for him to 'cough up' this amount to the men whose routes had been tied up in the depart ment. He said he was simply forced to do so by the way the carriers com plained of the great hardship it was for them to be thus deprived of half a dol lar with no return for it. "Since the 1st of July, when some stamp taxes were repealed," added Mr. Clark, "numerous inquiries have reached me every day asking if this tax has not been taken off with the other adhesive stamp taxes. When Con gress passed the Act repaling or reduc ing many of the special war taxes this one imposed on rural carriers was left unchanged. In almost every case the taxes which were imposed on men of moderate means, such as the stamps on bank checks,' express packages and telegrams, were taken off under this Act to take effect on July 1, but this one, which is especially onerous to rural carriers, was retained." Is is likely that the Postmaster Gen eral will call the attention of Congress at the next session to what appears to have been an oversight in retaining this tax and make a request that it be repealed. Falls Through a Bridge. A special to the Plain Dealers from Conneaut, Ohio, says: Just after 10 o'clock Friday, three cars of the east and Iccal freight went through the Nickel Plate Bridge at Springfield, Penn. The train left Conneaut only a few minutes before the accidlent, in charge of Ecgineer William Griffith, of Bngalo, and Conductor Phil A. Mo.ore, of Buffalo. The latter was killed outright. The bridge gang was at work on the bridge, and the ten men injred arc mostly workmen. A fiil was being made at the bridge and about twenty-five vwerkmen were about the structure. The horribie r.fa r ozcured ja.st after Passenger Train No. 3 had pulled through. The local, after the passing of the passenger train, pushed three cars heavily loaded out on the etructre to unload stone for the masons workiog beneath on the large stone foundaions. The work of unloading had hardly begun when without any warning the whole structure, bearirg the three care, lited with laborers, fell with an awful crash into the valley. So sudea was the affair that only one man had a chance to leap in time to save himself from injeiy. The list of dead includes Conductor Phil A. Moore, Bofiale,; J. Seaboss, workman, Clevelsad; George Swart, workman, Springiea; Homer Beck with,ifeoreman, Conneaut; five Italians, names n kno vn; - Randall, West Springfield. Two Italians Murdered. A special from Greenville Miss., says: Two Italians were killed and another was seriously wounded at ikwin, 30 miles south of Greenville some time Thursday night. John Se, aged 50 years, and his son, Vincent Serio, were killedi, and Salvadstor Libcrto was dangerously wounded. They all came from Cefaula, Sicily. The thiee had been living near Glen Allen, but on ac count of some trouble were ordered to leave by the citizens. The men located at Er win. While they were asleep at Erwin the three men were riddled with bullets, two be-ing killed outright while the third was seriously shot. Gov. L ngino was notified of the occurrence, while the Italian consul at New Orleans was also apprised of the killing. A Shower of Glass. Breaking glass at the plate glass works, Kokomo, Ind., Friday night inflicted frightful injuries on five of the 10 men who were carrying the sheet upright from the annealing oven to the grinding table. The plate which measured 122 by 190 inches and weighed 2.200 pounds broke and came showering down on the heads and shoulders of the work men. The victims' scalps were cut and the flesh was literally scraped from the bones of their shoulders and arms. All five will lose their arms if not their live. WILLING TO BAL&NCE ACCOUNTS Russia Will Vacate Raised Tariff if U S. Will Do the Same. Another important change has oc cured between the Russian government and the United States relative to the tariff. The Russian minister of finance M. DeWitte, has proposed that Russia will vacate all the additional duties levided on American goods since the im ro.ition of the sugar differential if the United States will vacate its action on the sugar differential. To this Secre tary Gage has replied that the offer of the Russian government cannot be ac cepted as the question of the sugar differential is now in the hands of the ecurt. thus precluding action by the executive branch. The rroposition of the Russian min inter of finance was the result of Secretary Hay's note of about two weeks ago. In that note Mr. Hay pointed out that the action taken as to petroleum was not new, nor was it meant to have any connection with the previous action of the government on sugar. This appears to have recon ciled Russian offiials in their view that the pnetroleum order was only an other step in the p licy previously taken resrecting sugar. M. DeW:tte's response is not long, but it is quite to the point. It makes no further issue as to the petroleum order. The chief attention is given to sugar and the specific order is made to vacate immediately the increased du ties which Russia has levied, if the United States will vacate its action or sugar. This would amount to re establishing the status quo which ex isted before the United States took its initial action relative to Russia. The Russian proposition was com municated to Secretary Gage, who re sponded promptly that as the sugar question is now before the courts it is not possible for him to avail himself of the Russian suggestions. Thus the matter stands. The reductions which would have re sulted under M. DeWitte's tender are those affecting cast iron wares, manu factures of iron and steel, boiler work tools for- artists, factories and work shops, gas and water meters, motors and dynamos, sewing machines, port able engines, not including threshing machines, fire engines, and other ma chinery of iron and steel; also white resin, galipot, brewers pitch and bicycles. Port Royal's Station. Port Royal is to be made one of the principal recruiting stations for the Navy. Secretary Long has adopted the report of the board of naval officers re cently appointed to examnine various sites along the Atlantic coast and to recommend the most desirable location for the establishment of a naval ren dezvous. The former naval station at Port Royal is to be transformed into a recruiting station for "landsmen," and it is to be conducted on the same lib eral scale that the recruiting station for naval apprentices is maintained at New port, R. L Capt V. L. Cottman, in charge of the recruiting bureau of the navy, says the secretary has decided that Port Royal shall be fitted up as a first-class station. All of the buildings formerly used in connection with the Port Royal dry dock will be converted into quarters for recruits. It is also desirable and necessary that a number of additional buildings shall be erected. Negotiations are already pending by which the government proposes to ac quire ownership of the entire island o n which the station is located. The ad ditional space is required to allow am ple accommodation for quarters and at the same time afford plenty of facilities for training, exercise and recreation, while the recruits are undergoing pre liminary instructions. Three hundred apprentice boys and landsmen are al ready located at Port Royal, and the training ship Topeka is there for prac tice in practical seamanship. Returns to Work. A special trom Newport News Va., says: The strike of the machinists is at an end. The climax came suddenly Thursday at a meeting attended by prac tic ally all the mschinists from the ship ard when by unanimous consent, the men decided to return to work Monday at the old scale. The facts that the machinists could not obtain funds with which to support the idle men, and that the shipyard management demonstrated its ability to fill the vacant places are responsible for tbe defeat of the strik er. Thais morning a committee waited on Acting Supermtrendant Hopkins of ~he yards, and asked that the men be allowed to return to work Monday at the old wages. This request was grant ed, Mr. Hopkins informing the com mittee, that the men many of whom have left the city would be giving their oAd places back and would be allowed ten days in which to return to work. He told the committee that immediate action was neessary on the part of the machinists if they would head off the new men destined for this place. This immediate action was taken Friday night and telegrams were sent stopping the shipment of eutside machinists to this city. The end of the strike is hail ed with joy here. Blind Tigers Worried. The two squads of constables under Chiefs LaFar and Howie are giving the blind tigers considerable trouble in Charleston. The squads are competing against each other and as a result the liquor dealers are having a hard time o it. The Calhoun hotel bar was raid ed Friday, and the places of Chicao, Shiadaressi and others were visited but no very large amount of liquor was seized. The liquor dealers have hidden away the greater part of their goods in anticipation of the visits of the con stables, since the present activity was started and the raids consequently do not yield much of a haul to the officers. In several show cases glasses and other fixtures and furnishings of the bars have been removed. The barkeepers are worried, but they wear a bold front and attempt to make light of the work of the constables. Eight Men Blown to Pieces. The magazine of the Burlington and Missouri railroad, filled with dynamite, exploded and eight men were killed and many injured. Men were blown to pieces, parts of their bodies being strewn over the prairie for hundreds of yards. Buildings a mile away were damaged by the concussion. It is thought the ex m ha case the explosion. rOUKtN MLLuW. Two Trains Collide on Chicago and Alton Road. Fourteen persons are dead, three others probably fatally injured and more than a score of others less seri ously hurt as the result of a head-end collision between a passenger and a fast live stock train on the Chicago and Alton railroad, near Norton, Missouri, at 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. Six were killed outright, four died on a train conveying them to Kansas City and four died at a hospital in this city. The dead are: P. J. Anderson, Slater, Mo., engi neer of freight train. Frank Briggs, engineer of passenger train. I. S. Rogers, Chicago, U. S. Express company messenger. Mrs. Giland and daughter of Good land, Ind.; both killed outright. D. W. Hooker, Syracuse, N. Y.; died on train. Mrs. C. W. Snyder, Jasper, N. Y.; died on train. G. L. Roy, cashier of the Wilming ton, Ills., bank; died on train. Sydney Jones, Kansas City, died in the hospital, as did Daniel Donnelly of Mexico, Mo., fireman-of freight train and R. J. Curties, Geneseo, N. Y. Miss Lula Rider, 20 years old, of Kentland, Ind. Mrs. Dickson, 67 years old. The passenger train was traveling in three sections on account of the heavy Epworth League business to San Fran cisco. The wreaked train was the first section, and contained no Leaguers. .onductor McAnna of the freight train, eastbound, had been ordered to meet the second section of the passen ger train at Slater, the next station east of Norton, but apparently over looked the fact that the first section, which was 55 minutes late, had not passed. The head brakeman on the freight, who was about four cars from the engine, says Conductor MeAnna asumed the throttle himself on leaving Marshall, and was running the engine when the collision occurred. The trains met two miles west of Norton, on a curve surmounting a high embank ment. A relief train started from Kansas City at noon and returned here with the injured at 6 o'clock Wednesday evening. Those who died on the way there were delivered to the undertakers, while the others were distributed be tween two hospitials. The trains collided while going at a good rate of speed. The engines were pushed to either side of the track and practically demolished, while the for ward cars of the passenger train tele scoped each other. The forward Pullman and the tourist sleeper in front were burned. The bag gage car was wrecked and freight cars were piled up on both engines and burned. The train which was wrecked was one of the finest passenger trains in the United States. The equipment was all new, including the sleepinz ars, coaches, baggage car and locomo tive. The injured suffered mostly from scalds, due to escaping steam from the wrecked locomotives, tere being no broken limbs. Some of the victims had inhaled steam and were in worse condi tion than the first exmination indi ated. Soon after the arrival here, three of the injurued died at Universi ty hospital. Identification of the dead was difficult, because the clothing had been removed to apply relief to the scalded surfaces. Mrs. Hilda Hasslip, of Chenoa, fI., T. C. Bray, of Chicago, a shoe dealer, and Mrs. Frances Walker, Brooklyn, N. Y., and an elderly woman unidenti fied, are in a critical condition. Navy Recruits. Recruits for Uncle Sam's navy are arriving almost daily at the Port Roayal Training station. Some forty men and boys from the upper section of South Carolina who had been enlisted as Landsmen and apprentices by a recruit ing party which left Beaufort for Columoia, S. C., a week ago have been assigned to duty aboard. the training ship Topeka. Many of the apprentices are mere boys in their teens who, have been resigned by their parents or guar dians to the government until they arrive at twenty-one years of age. Most of these men and boys hall from the Pieumont section of South Carolina and have never before seen salt water and consequently their observations are often very ammaing to their more ex perienced ship mates. One incident that caused a deal of amusement was related to your correspondent by an eye witness. A number of landemen were instruoted to get into a small center which lay along the port side of the Topeka, they complied in an awkward manner and when a botawain's mate took his sest in the stern of the croft and gave the command. "Up oars each of the eight landemen seized a metal oar lock in his hand and hurled it in the bottom of the boat with such force as to almost spring the cutten boards. The lads are being well treated, how ever, by their superior officars on ship board and will soon learn the ropes in spite of their awkardness whioh is not surprising when the fact that they have never seen the ocean is taken into con sideration. A Strange Suicide. C. L. Kingsley, a civil engineer com mitted suicide at Blacksburg Friday sternoon about 4 o'clock in his rooms at the Iron City hotel by taking an overdose of latidanum. He left a note giving instructions for his burial axfd money to defray the expenses. His in structions were to bury him in a cheap coffin and at night, when no one was around, no preachers to be present and to employ four negroes to carry his body to the grave, each to be paid one dollar for their services. Mr. Kings ley was a resident of Blacksburg for a number of years and was regarded as a fine civil engineer, well educated and a man far above the average intelligence. He would occasionally get on a spree, but was ar parently sober when he com mitted this act. Little, if anything, is known here of Mr. Kingsley's family connection, but it was generally sup posed his people resided at Raleigh, N. C., and that he came from there to Blaksburg as a civil engineer in the employ of the Augusta division of the old Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago AFTER THE TIGER. Oov. McSweeney Sends New. Officers to Charleston. THEY FIND VIOLATORS And Proceed to Seize Fixtures and Liquor and Show the Bind Tigers a Thing or Two. For the first time since the dispen sary law was put into operation blind tigers in Charleston had to turn away customers. It was a reccrd breaking day for the outlaw liquor dealers, and . when the constables finished there was not even a whiskey glassin many places in which a drink could have been served. Everything was seized. Fix tures were removed; fine counters were nailed to the floor, and big refrigerators were turned to the wall and sealed, handsome mirrors were carted away with the contraband liquor. The whole sale raiding wrecked basiness for the time and caused such consternation in the blind tiger ranks that the "talent" got frightened and refused to sell until it is known what is up the constabulary sleeve. In the raiding Thursday the small dealers were not caught so much-as the big establishments, but all suffered in a way. When the state board of die pensary directors passed the resolution about the enforcement of the law in Charleston the blind tiger dealers saw that trouble was in store, and there was proof of this Sunday night whena aquad of constables arrived in the city ana be gan to look around. Tuesday night four other constables reached the city. They did not make their business known until yesterday morning and by noon the news had spread to every shop and every bar that there would be something do ingin the afternoon. The constables were all new in Charleston. They dame here under the command of Chief La Far, who had instructions to smash the head of every tiger that was stuck from the dark. During the day it was not known just why the extra force had been sent here, although it was stated that the dispensary management in Co lumbia had heard of the alleged "friendliness" which it was alleged ex isted here between the raiders and the tigers. There was nothing friendly about the work Thursday, however, and it was not until the officers had oroeaed the threshold of the bars that their identity was discovered. And then there was a Ecramble for cover and a rush to get the liquors safe from the hand of the law, but it was too late and everything in sight and sound was seized. When the constables began to seize the bar fixtures and made merry with the other stuff about the rooms the keepers realized that the end of their peaceful rua had come. They breathed easier when the officers had gone. But last night the blind tiger sky was so dark and gloomy that the keepers went home early. Many doors which had for merly a welcome for the thirsty were closed and locked. When the wiser tiger keepers heard that others in the business were being closed they promptly had all -stock on hand removed and their doors shut. One establishment which has been famous in the history of beer and whisscey drinking in Charleston was closed at 2 o'clock and the regular patrons who went there were disheartened when they saw the sad outlook. After 4 o'clock fiva constable visited the place. The mahi who looks after the needs of the thirsty recognized the officers and promptly offered them the keys. The officers went through the place, peeped under tables and into closets and then felt in the chimneys. The most they saw a half dozens helpless bottles of ginger ale that were loft alone to stand she danger when the stronger bottles were quickly removed to spots that constaples could not fathom, it was really touching to look at the lone bot ties of gingerale. In another ice box two more bottles were found. Wnen the lid was raised one bottie fell down as if from fright and then slid quickly under the uneven chunks of ice. The constables saw the flank movement. He fished out a thirty-pound chunk of the ice, hlad the other officera rush up and help im, and when the hitte not tie, looking sheepish but innoent, was put?d out and was fiang back with a silent oath and then she radesrs left the room. Justaas fast as one place was cleaned out the officers hurried toanother until nearly every bar of~any prominence was made to feel the sting of the law. It was about the only successful raid ever made in Charleston. While the amount seized was not as large as might have been expected, the constables for once were masters of the day, and they let the tigers know that they woula call again in the evening. This kept the talent guessing. Tnese raids were dif ferent rrom some others, inasmuch as there was an absence of the friendly greeting. When the offiers left it was not with the assurance that they would not call again for a week or a month. Heretofore the tigers have been on Essy street. One raid was all that they could reasonably expect in the course of a week, and about the only thing ac complishzd by the law was in seizing what little liquor was showing on the counter. It was significant of many, many things that the tigers were closed last night. This was never done after any other raid, for, on the other hand, it was after a raid that a tiger got on its happy spirits.--News and Courier. Chance for Single Men. Rose C. Davision, Hawaiianecommis sioner to the Buffalo Pan-American Fair is at the Sherman House in Wash ington. With her are two Hawaiian women, M. Mapsuano Smith and H. Karpo Phillips. Miss Davison said: "I have come to learn something that might add to the felicity of our island people. Frankly, I don't expect to find it. We are suameient unto our selves. Your overworked (3hicauo youths ought to come-out to the island and marry some of the nice Hawaiin who have plenty of money and who want white husbands. They are lovely as dreams and as rich as the orainary A merican heiress."